Faire trace, la fabrique des matrimoines du théâtre

Abstract

From the 15 to 17 September 2022, at the Théâtre des Îlets - Centre dramatique national de Montluçon (department of Allier), a group of female theatre-makers and researchers came together under the leadership of playwright and director Carole Thibaut to discuss a common concern: to leave a trace of women theatre-makers in France from 1970 to the present day. The discussions renewed the observation, already established by historiography, that women theatre-makers have been erased from historical and collective narratives, and that their traces are lacking in heritage collections. Drawing on research work in the history of theatre and gender, the present article sets out to describe the modalities and mechanisms by which theatre heritages have been built up differently according to the gender of the artists, the conditions of creation, the archiving in private and later in heritage collections, as well as the construction of a narrative on the artist. It also suggests ways in which we can begin to build and pass on a mixed theatrical heritage, integrating the contributions of female creators alongside those of their male counterparts.Keywords: gender, cultural heritage, heritagisation, theatre, women, transmission, creation, institutions

Keywords

• théâtre
• femmes
• patrimonialisation
• genre
• transmission
• institutions